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Latvijas Pilsetu Gerboni Latvian Civic Heraldry AINAZI Origin/meaning : Ainazi (called Haynasch in German) was initially a village of Livonian (Finnish tribe) fishers. Its name means "lonely" in Livonian, because it was the only one village on large environs. In the middle of 19th century a group of Latvian and Estonian masters established in Ainazi a small shipyard of sailboats. Krišjanis Valdemars, a leader of Latvian national renascence, realized that local fishers are good sailors, but the lack of professional skills stops the development of long distance sailing and merchant shipping. Valdemars organized fishers of Ainazi and established a nautical school in 1864. It was the beginning of rapid growth of the town and seaport. City rights were granted in 1926. The arms were granted a little sooner, in 1925. City inhabitants chose an anchor as a symbol of seaport. A griffin was taken from the Vidzeme arms. Literature : scan from a poster (Latvijas Pilsetu Gerboni); Purens : Latvijas gerbonu gramata (translated by Virginijus Misiunas, Vilnius)

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